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longship

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15. Our opening now are the statewide races.
Fri Dec 4, 2015, 12:08 AM
Dec 2015

Those cannot be gerrymandered.

So, governorships, the US Senate, and the White House.

If we can carve into the GOP here, we will be doing some real good.

Starting at the top, the White House. If we lose that in 2016, that is too horrible to consider. As the GOP has everything else, if we have a GOP president in 2017, we're fucked, totally and utterly fucked. So let's presume we keep that -- if fucking idiots here will stop saying that cannot vote for X if they get the nomination!!

The US Senate looks easy. And presuming we retain the Oval Office that will likely be true. All the numbers stack up against the GOP. I suggest that we find a better majority leader than fucking Schumer. I suggest Dick Durbin.

The governorships look more difficult and here is where we have to work harder. But this can make a huge difference. Given the Gerrymandering in the state and national houses it is the only place where we can make big change. But if we want to make difference we need the governorships now, when we could have coat tails.

Any state legislature and US House seats we gain become gravy. We need to work on them, too.

Let's get 'er done!

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